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Fall TV 2017: Wednesday night forecast for ‘Empire,’ ‘SEAL Team,’ ‘Dynasty’ and morehttp://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/more-tv-news/fall-tv-2017-wednesday-night-forecast-for-empire-seal-team-dynasty-and-more/
http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/more-tv-news/fall-tv-2017-wednesday-night-forecast-for-empire-seal-team-dynasty-and-more/#commentsThu, 31 Aug 2017 17:00:00 +0000http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/?p=511011With the 2017-18 TV season fast approaching, TV by the Numbers is breaking down each night of the broadcast networks’ schedule. We’ll look for competitive time periods and new shows with a chance to break out — or fall on their faces.

Wednesday is home to three of the longest-running shows currently on the air in “Law & Order: SVU,” “Survivor” and “Criminal Minds,” along with two other top 15 shows from last season in “Empire” and “Modern Family” (“Survivor” also finished in the top 15).

As such there’s not a whole lot of space for new series, which could explain why most of what aired on the night last season is back for 2017-18.

The schedule

All times ET/PT. New shows in italics.

8 p.m.

8:30 p.m.

9 p.m.

9:30 p.m.

10 p.m.

10:30 p.m.

ABC

The Goldbergs

Speechless

Modern Family

American Housewife (new night)

Designated Survivor

CBS

Survivor

SEAL Team

Criminal Minds (new time)

The CW

Riverdale (new night)

Dynasty

FOX

Empire (new time)

Star

NBC

The Blacklist (new night)

Law & Order: SVU

Chicago PD

The heavyweights

“Empire” isn’t the juggernaut it was a couple years ago, but it was still, depending on which version of the ratings you look at, the No. 1 (live + same-day) or No. 2 (Live +3, Live +7) drama on network TV in adults 18-49 last season. “Modern Family” and “Survivor” were top-20 shows last season as well.

The newcomers

There are but two freshman series on Wednesdays, both dramas. CBS’ “SEAL Team” stars David Boreanaz as the leader of a, you guessed it, team of Navy SEALs. The CW is rebooting the classic 1980s soap “Dynasty” with “The O.C.” and “Gossip Girl” executive producers Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage.

Additionally, “American Housewife” moves from Tuesday to the post-“Modern Family” spot on ABC, and “The Blacklist” decamps from Thursday nights on NBC.

The battle

“Empire” moving to the leadoff spot on FOX shakes up the leadoff hour of primetime. “Survivor” has been around so long that it will probably be OK, but it’s possible “Empire” could eat into the audience for ABC’s comedies “The Goldbergs” and “Speechless,” “The Blacklist” on NBC and “Riverdale” on The CW.

The forecast

“SEAL Team” seems right up CBS’ alley, and putting it after “Survivor” and bumping “Criminal Minds” back to 10 p.m. seems like a vote of confidence. ABC’s comedy block should be fine, but “Designated Survivor” — which had so-so first-run ratings last season but big DVR numbers — could be a sophomore-slump candidate.

“Empire” will probably help “Star” some as it enters its second season. “The Blacklist” may be starting to wind down for NBC, but “Law & Order: SVU” and “Chicago PD” still have life. The CW will almost certainly be down at 8 p.m. — “Riverdale’s” ratings were two tenths of a point lower than those of “Arrow” last season — but there’s a chance for growth at 9 if “Dynasty” can get over the not-especially-high bar set by “Frequency” and “The 100” in that spot in 2016-17.

Fast Affiliate Ratings: These first national ratings, including demographics, are available at approximately 11 AM (ET) the day after telecast, and are released to subscribing customers daily. These data, from the National People Meter sample, are strictly time-period information, based on the normal broadcast network feed, and include all programming on the affiliated stations, sometimes including network programming, sometimes not. The figures may include stations that did not air the entire network feed, as well as local news breaks or cutaways for local coverage or other programming. Fast Affiliate ratings are not as useful for live programs and are likely to differ significantly from the final results, because the data reflect normal broadcast feed patterns. For example, with a World Series game, Fast Affiliate Ratings would include whatever aired from 8-11PM on affiliates in the Pacific Time Zone, following the live baseball game, but not game coverage that begins at 5PM PT. The same would be true of Presidential debates as well as live award shows and breaking news reports.

Rating: Estimated percentage of the universe of TV households (or other specified group) tuned to a program in the average minute. Ratings are expressed as a percent.

Share (of Audience): The percent of households (or persons) using television who are tuned to a specific program, station or network in a specific area at a specific time. (See also, Rating, which represents tuning or viewing as a percent of the entire population being measured.)

Time Shifted Viewing – Program ratings for national sources are produced in three streams of data – Live, Live+Same Day (Live+SD) and Live+7 Day. Time shifted figures account for incremental viewing that takes place with DVRs. Live+Same Day (Live+SD) include viewing during the same broadcast day as the original telecast, with a cut-off of 3:00AM local time when meters transmit daily viewing to Nielsen for processing. Live+7 Day ratings include incremental viewing that takes place during the 7 days following a telecast.

Fast Affiliate Ratings: These first national ratings, including demographics, are available at approximately 11 AM (ET) the day after telecast, and are released to subscribing customers daily. These data, from the National People Meter sample, are strictly time-period information, based on the normal broadcast network feed, and include all programming on the affiliated stations, sometimes including network programming, sometimes not. The figures may include stations that did not air the entire network feed, as well as local news breaks or cutaways for local coverage or other programming. Fast Affiliate ratings are not as useful for live programs and are likely to differ significantly from the final results, because the data reflect normal broadcast feed patterns. For example, with a World Series game, Fast Affiliate Ratings would include whatever aired from 8-11PM on affiliates in the Pacific Time Zone, following the live baseball game, but not game coverage that begins at 5PM PT. The same would be true of Presidential debates as well as live award shows and breaking news reports.

Rating: Estimated percentage of the universe of TV households (or other specified group) tuned to a program in the average minute. Ratings are expressed as a percent.

Share (of Audience): The percent of households (or persons) using television who are tuned to a specific program, station or network in a specific area at a specific time. (See also, Rating, which represents tuning or viewing as a percent of the entire population being measured.)

Time Shifted Viewing – Program ratings for national sources are produced in three streams of data – Live, Live+Same Day (Live+SD) and Live+7 Day. Time shifted figures account for incremental viewing that takes place with DVRs. Live+Same Day (Live+SD) include viewing during the same broadcast day as the original telecast, with a cut-off of 3:00AM local time when meters transmit daily viewing to Nielsen for processing. Live+7 Day ratings include incremental viewing that takes place during the 7 days following a telecast.